Faculty & Staff
The steering committee assists the director in guiding the programming of the Office of Peace and Justice. Members of the steering committee are:
- Jane Satterfield, Professor of Writing
- Dr. Michelle Gawerc, Associate Professor of Sociology
- Dr. Catriona Hanley, Associate Professor of Philosophy
Faculty from over fifteen Loyola departments teach courses in the minor curriculum.
If you have an interest in peace and justice studies or would like to share ideas on programming, please do not hesitate to email Heidi Shaker at hsbrown@loyola.edu.
Contact Us
Heidi ShakerAssociate Professor of French
Director, Office of Peace and Justice
Maryland Hall 351-I
hsbrown@loyola.edu
Richard Blum T. J. Higgins, S.J., Chair in Philosophy (emeritus)
Areas of focus: Philosophical roots of slavery, Human rights abuse
- 410-617-2815
- prblum@loyola.edu
- Humanities Center 050E
Kerry Boeye Program Coordinator of Art History, Associate Professor of Art History
Area of focus: African American art
- kpboeye@loyola.edu
- College Center W029
Richard Boothby Professor of Philosophy
Areas of focus: Psychoanalysis, Psychological roots of peace/war
- 410-617-2890
- boothby@loyola.edu
- Humanities Center 050D
Martin Camper Associate Professor of Writing
Areas of focus: Disagreement theory, Civic discourse, Rights rhetoric
- 410-617-5501
- kmcamper@loyola.edu
- 043B Maryland Hall
- 410-617-2893
- drcarey@loyola.edu
- Humanities Center 310
Daniel Castillo Associate Professor of Theology
Areas of focus: Liberation theology, Ecological theology
- 410-617-2587
- dpcastillo@loyola.edu
- Humanities Center 042I
- 410-617-5431
- jpdougherty1@loyola.edu
- Sellinger Hall 411
Rebekah Eklund Department Chair of Theology, Associate Professor of Theology
Area of focus: Forgiveness and justice in the Hebrew Bible and Christian Scripture
- 410-617-5003
- raeklund@loyola.edu
- Humanities Center 042J
Juniper Ellis Professor of English
Areas of focus: Postcolonial literature, Justice in Jesuit higher education
- 410-617-5492
- jellis@loyola.edu
- Humanities Center 242 I
Michelle Gawerc Associate Professor of Sociology
Areas of focus: Conflict and peacebuilding, Social movements, Israel/Palestine
- 410-617-2557
- migawerc@loyola.edu
- Beatty Hall 246
- 410-617-2126
- magirard@loyola.edu
- Humanities Center 242 F
Nina Guise-Gerrity Assistant Teaching Professor of Philosophy
Areas of focus: Politics and society
- 410-617-2942
- nguisegerrity@loyola.edu
- Humanities Center 039
- 410-617-2147
- sfguttman@loyola.edu
- Humanities Center 242 H
Fuat Gürsözlü Associate Professor of Philosophy
Areas of focus: Political philosophy, Human rights, Democracy
- 410-617-5229
- fgursozlu@loyola.edu
- Humanities Center 050K
Selin Gürsözlü Assistant Teaching Professor of Philosophy
Area of focus: Ethics of race and gender
- 410-617-5229
- sgursozlu@loyola.edu
- Humanities Center 050K
Catriona Hanley Associate Professor of Philosophy
Areas of focus: Philosophy of peace, Metaphysical roots of war, Levinas
- 410-617-2430
- chanley@loyola.edu
- Humanities 050Q
Joshua Hendrick Associate Professor of Sociology
Areas of focus: Sociology of human rights, Religious political identity
- 410-617-2043
- jdhendrick@loyola.edu
- Beatty Hall 256
- 410-617-2364
- mjacome@loyola.edu
- Maryland Hall 351G
John Kiess Associate Professor of Theology
Areas of focus: Moral theology, Peace studies, Ethics of war
- 410-617-2811
- jrkiess@loyola.edu
- Humanities Center 042L
Amanda Konradi Department Chair of Sociology, Associate Professor of Sociology
Areas of focus: Gender, Justice, Criminal law
- 410-617-5401
- akonradi@loyola.edu
- Beatty Hall 250
Andrea Leary Assistant Teaching Professor of Writing, Internship Coordinator
Areas of focus: Civic literacy, Service-learning
- 410-617-5392
- aleary@loyola.edu
- Maryland Hall 043C
Jessica Locke Associate Professor of Philosophy
Areas of focus: Ethics, Philosophical writings from and about prison
- 410-617-2315
- jelocke@loyola.edu
- Humanities Center 050C
Jonathan Malis Program Coordinator of Photography, Associate Professor of Photography
Area of focus: Photojournalism in war and peace
- jdmalis@loyola.edu
- College Center W211
- 410-617-2839
- tmccreight@Loyola.edu
- Humanities Center 250F
- 410-617-5613
- ohokoh@loyola.edu
- Humanities Center 312
Bernadette Roche Associate Professor of Biology
Areas of focus: Environmental studies, Sustainability
- 410-617-5591
- broche@loyola.edu
- Donnelly Science 228
- 410-617-2807
- tmryan@loyola.edu
- Maryland Hall 043A
- 410-617-5479
- wsandler@loyola.edu
- Humanities Center 303
- 410-617-2139
- jsatterfield@loyola.edu
- Maryland Hall 043G
- 410-617-6771
- mschneider5@loyola.edu
- Humanities Center 250H
Heidi Shaker Associate Professor of French/Director, Office of Peace and Justice
Areas of focus: Trauma studies, Rwandan genocide, Algerian War
- 410-617-5607
- hsbrown@loyola.edu
- Maryland Hall 351-I
Wendy Smith Professor Emeritus in the School of Education
Areas of focus: Literacy, Peace education, Children’s literature
- 410-617-5310
- wmsmith@loyola.edu
- Beatty Hall 121-3
James Snow Assistant Teaching Professor of Philosophy
Areas of focus: Philosophy, Genocide
- 410-617-2050
- jsnow@loyola.edu
- Humanities Center 050E
- 410-617-2507
- yzstearns@loyola.edu
- Maryland Hall 458
Karsonya Whitehead Professor of Communication, Professor of African American Studies
Areas of focus: African American studies, Social movements